Darwin Economics

Natural selection also applies to the economy’s greater good

Economist Robert Frank uses a wide variety of analogies, including the antlers of a Bull elk and mandatory helmet rules for hockey players, to illustrate why what is good for one is not always good for all.

He also uses many of Darwin’s theories of natural selection to explain why competitive spending can lead to large-scale problems in a national economy, suggesting small unobtrusive changes in taxation policy that could save billions of dollars in his book, The Darwin Economy.